Improved affinity of a human anti-Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin Fab fragment by a single amino acid modification of the light chain

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1085-1088

  Tachibana, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Naohisa ^a   Cheng, Xun Jia ^a   Tsukamoto, Hideo ^a   Yoshihara, Eisaku ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LECTIN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GALACTOSE; GALECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 9144221569     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.6.1085-1088.2004     Document Type: Article

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